Welcome to the in-between season—when kids leave for college, the house gets quieter, and life begins to shift. Join us, Lea and Josh, for honest conversations about parenting college students, navigating life after kids leave home, and the humor that helps make sense of it all.
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Founders of Marraccini Chronicles and College Nesters™, Lea and Josh have been married for nearly 25 years and are parents of three, including two currently in college, and one new grandbaby. Through their own empty-nest transition—which happened to coincide with selling and stepping away from the business they built together—they discuss how parenting college students, midlife shifts, and major life transitions are changing both their family and their marriage.
Here you'll find connection, laughter, and reassurance that you're not alone in this stage.
This free guide offers conversation starters and scripts to help you and your spouse reconnect after years of kid-focused life. Because "what now?" is better answered together.